| A | B |
| Allusion | refernce to a statement |
| antagonist | person or force conflicting with protagonist (main character) |
| direct characterization | author gives characterization |
| indirect characterization | come up with own characterization |
| dramtic irony | when a character in the story doesnt know what the audience knows |
| foreshadowing | clues about what will happen |
| imagery | somthing that appeals to us such as feel, taste, smell, ect. all senses |
| metaphor | something you say that can relate to something else |
| personification | kind of metaphor where a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
| pun | play on words, usually humorous |
| simile | figure of speech that uses words like: as, like, than, or compares things with little in common |
| situational irony | we develop expectations for characters in the story |
| soliloqy | a long speech in which a character who is alone onstage espresses private thoughts or feelings |
| suspense | to quicken our curiosity increase anxity, and leads us forward in the story |
| symbol | a person, place, thing, or event that stands for some thing beyond itself |
| theme | some idea or insight about human life and human nature |
| internal conflict | when the character has a struggle with himself |
| blank verse | poetry written that doesnt rhyme |
| dynamic | someone who changes in the story |
| static | doesnt change in the story |
| round character | real/ multisided |
| flat character | only see on side of them |